INTRODUCED BY CLARE CHAMBERS 'The subtlest of her books . . . the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art' PHILIP LARKINWilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably...

"The finest introduction to Barbara Pym" (The New York Times): a hilarious comedy of manners by the shrewdly observant British novelist often compared to Jane Austen One of Barbara Pym's richest and most amusing high comedies, Excellent...

Probably Pym's most famous novel 'I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen' Philip Larkin von Pym, Barbara

The Sweet Dove Died von Pym, Barbara

"Quartet in Autumn" ist ein Roman von Barbara Pym, der das Leben von vier älteren Büroangestellten in London schildert. Die Hauptfiguren, Letty, Marcia, Norman und Edwin sind unverheiratet und haben keine Familie. Sie haben sich an die...

With an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith. Mildred Lathbury is often taken for granted, and often gets involved in other people's lives. But things get tricky when glamorous new neighbours the Napiers move in. von Pym, Barbara

One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.In 1970s London, Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem - loneliness. Lovingly and with delightful...

Jilly Cooper introduces this republication of an early comic novel by Barbara Pym. von Pym, Barbara